By Frank M. Keele

Just as the Lord’s appearance to the Nephites was preceded by destruction, so shall the celansing of America pave the way for His appearance to us!

In a general conference talk Ezra Taft Benson said:

“The Lord has declared that before the second coming of Christ it will be necessary to “. . . destroy the secret works of darkness, . . .” in order to preserve the land of Zion—the Americas”. (2 Nephi 10:11-16.) (Oct. general conference, 1961)

The cleansing of America is a familiar topic to many of us and something that will surely come to pass according to scripture. In his statement above Elder Benson references 2 Ne. 10:11-16, we read:

11 And this land shall be a land of liberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.

12 And I will fortify this land against all other nations.

13 and he that fighteth against zion shall perish, saith god.

14 for he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for i, the lord, the king of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a light unto them forever, that hear my words.

15 Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret works of darkness, and of murders, and of abominations.

16 Wherefore, he that fighteth against Zion, both Jew and Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, shall perish; for they are they who are the whore of all the earth; for they who are not for me are against me, saith our God.

It’s quite easy to see what the Lord’s telling us here, He knew that the wicked gentiles of our day would attempt to overthrow constitutional law which the Lord Himself gave us and replace it with a dictator or king and abolish freedom. And that is exactly what’s happening presently, that is precisely what the present administration is up to.

But what does the Lord say about this? Well, first He says, “there shall be no kings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles”… so we know that the wicked gentiles will not succeed, right? And the Lord further declares, “for he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish, for I, the lord, the king of heaven, will be their king”. So what did the Lord just tell us?

1- The wicked gentiles will attempt to destroy liberty, freedom and constitutional law in favor of a king or dictator of some sort.

2- The Lord will respond to this by lowering the boom on them, “for he that raiseth up a king against me shall perish”

3- And what happens next… the Lord says “For I, the lord, the king of heaven, will be their king”

I don’t believe there is any better indicator of the nearness of the second coming than what the Lord tells us here, He explains the circumstances that will exist, He tells us how He will respond to these wicked gentiles and He tells us who’s kingdom will replace them… who’s going to fill the vacuum when they are gone… He is!

How can it get any simpler than that? 1- The wicked gentiles here in America are doing what the Lord said they would do. 2- The Lord will soon take them down and… 3- The Lord will come. Is there anyone reading this who cannot see how obvious this is?

There’s no doubt about it… this is the sequence that will bring us the Lord’s second coming and “time is running out”!